Wole Soyinka and Henry Louis Gates, Jr in Conversation || Loyola Marymount University, March 2022

This event took place Friday, March 4, 2022
Featuring Nobel Laureate, writer, activist, and former President's Marymount Professor in Residence, Wole Soyinka in conversation with Emmy-Award winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Organized by:
Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture, and the Arts and TSEHAI Publishers
Produced by:
John Flaherty and Theresia de Vroom
Moderated by:
Julia Lee and Theresia de Vroom
Sponsored by:
LMU Academic Affairs; Academy of Catholic Thought and Imagination; Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts; Campus Ministry; College of Communication and Fine Arts; Dept. of African American Studies; Dept. of Theological Studies; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Mission and Ministry; Office of the Provost; Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary; Student Affairs; The Creative Writing Committee
Media Spronsor:
KPFK.
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The Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture, and the Arts preserves the transformative educational tradition of the RSHM and promotes dialogue between faith and culture as expressed in the fine, performing, literary, and communication arts
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